The Graduate evaluation action
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Benjamin: [a knock on the apartment door as Ben's shaving] Who is it?
Elaine: [Elaine enters the room] I want to ask you a question, and then I'm going!
Benjamin: Come in.
Elaine: No. I want to know why you're here in Berkeley.
Benjamin: Because... I am.
Elaine: Is it because I'm here?
Benjamin: What do you think?
Elaine: I think it is. I said, "I think it is!"
Benjamin: All right, then yes.
Elaine: Well, I want you to leave.
Benjamin: Well, look, I love you!
Elaine: How could you do that, Benjamin? Do you just hate everything? How could you possibly rape my mother?
Benjamin: What?
Elaine: I don't understand. I don't understand how you...
Benjamin: Did you say "rape her"?
Elaine: How you or anyone could do a thing like that!
Benjamin: What did she say? You've got to tell me what she said!
Elaine: Why?
Benjamin: Because it isn't true! Tell me!
Elaine: She said that she was having a drink at the hotel with a friend, and that you... waited for her in the parking lot, and told her that she was too drunk to drive home, and that you would get her a room for the night.
Benjamin: Oh, then what?
Elaine: Then you took her upstairs, and you raped her.
Benjamin: Oh, no no, that's not what happened. What happened was that there was this party at my parents, I drove your mother home...
Elaine: I don't want to hear this!
Benjamin: Then we went upstairs to see your portrait...
Elaine: No, I don't!
Benjamin: When we got up in the room, she started taking her clothes off...
Elaine: This is my mother, Benjamin!
Benjamin: And suddenly, there she was without any clothes on, I mean, reallly naked!
Elaine: Okay!
[Elaine screams hysterically, lying face down on Ben's bed, crying]
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Benjamin: [Benjamin pulls up to the service station] Can I use your phone?
Gas station attendant: Yeah.
Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): [Ben starts looking through the telephone directory; after finding the number, he dials it] 657-2036.
Benjamin: Hello? Who is this?
Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): This is Dr. Smith's answering service.
Benjamin: Is the doctor anywhere?
Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): I'm afraid the doctor can't be reached right now. If you'd like to leave...
Benjamin: I have to know where he is!
Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): Well, you see, the doctor is at his son's wedding, but I'm sure it's over by now. He should be checking in any moment.
Benjamin: Listen to me! I'm Dr. Smith's brother... Reverend Smith, and I'm supposed to perform the ceremony. I just got in from Portland, and I've forgotten what church, you see?
Dr. Smith's answering service (voice): Oh, well, I'm not sure, but you might try the First Presbyterian. Now that's on Allen Street.
Benjamin: Thank you.
[Ben hangs up, leaving the service station]
Benjamin: Allen Street, where is it?
Gas station attendant: Allen, uh... it's, uh... it's, uh... it's six blocks up and, uh... three over. Hey, you need any gas, Father?
[Ben drives away]